Software & Gaming

A few weeks back, Phil Spencer threw out the idea of an Xbox One mid-generation hardware upgrade and the reaction was pretty mixed. Since then, Microsoft has been going back on that idea, with Phil Spencer now saying that there won't be an Xbox 1.5, instead the company wants to …

Bioware has been working away on revamping the Mass Effect series for a few years now and while we know that the game is coming, we have seen surprisingly little of it. However, over the weekend, some old test footage/gameplay made its way online, showing off an older prototype build …

While most Ubisoft titles over the last couple of years have been Nvidia-focussed, it looks like the sequel to Watch Dogs will see a focus shift over to AMD optimization. We may also see better performance on the PC side in general too as the game will be running on …

One of the biggest criticisms people have had about Dark Souls III so far has been its lack of worldwide release. The game came out in Japan on the 24th of March but won't hit the rest of the world until the 12th of April but as usual, plenty of …

We have another little competition running this weekend on our Facebook page – the chance to win a STEAM game of your choice! Just give us a funny or entertaining caption to the image below from the upcoming Dark Souls III and we pick a winner on Monday morning. Open …

Dark Souls 3 has been out in Japan for a little while now and the speed runners have wasted no time in getting to work dissecting the game and figuring out the quickest ways to blast through it. One player in Japan has spent the last week and a half putting …

One of the big promises Microsoft made back when it first launched the Xbox One was the ability to turn any retail unit into a development kit. Now, after a couple of years of working on it, Microsoft is rolling out the feature but it does come with some fairly …

While bigger expansions are still being worked on, those of us still playing The Division have some free updates to look forward to, the first of which will be launching on the 12th of April. The Incursions update brings players new end-game content in the form of a raid-style activity, …

Gaming might be the biggest media industry in the world right now, but that doesn't mean all that extra revenue and investment can't create headaches of its own. Games are often being made too big and too expensive to fail and Final Fantasy XV is a perfect example of that. …

We have been hearing a lot about the existence of a PS4.5/PS4K hardware refresh from Sony this last week or two but we hadn't heard much about exact specifications until now. According to the latest rumours, Sony is currently considering building a new PS4 with a GPU that is two …

While Bungie originally intended for Halo to be a PC game, ever since Halo 3 the series main games have been exclusive to Xbox and despite rumours suggesting that we might get the Master Chief Collection or Halo 5, it now looks unlikely. However, the future of Halo on the …

Earlier this month, a few leaks pointed towards a release date for Final Fantasy XV and now following on from Square Enix's event last night, we have confirmation that the game will finally be coming out on the 30th of September this year. However, once the Xbox One and PS4 …

Virtual reality is awe inspiring when you first step inside a virtual world – especially when you can walk around and interact with it using your real hands. But many of the experiences we've seen so far have come from smaller developers and indie teams, who haven't had years to …

The big argument from the FBI and its proponents in its case vs. Apple in recent months, was that it was ‘just one iPhone,' and that weakening its security wouldn't affect any others. Just days after it cracked the phone without Apple's help, it's now set to aid the Arkansas …

Often it seems that politicians are either wilfully ignorant, or unconsciously so, about encryption, with the legislative changes they propose almost always railing against the obfuscating technology. Not so with all of them though, as U.S. senator Ron Wyden has promised to protect it by fighting against a push to …

One of my favourite in-game effects of recent years, was the way Alien Isolation channelled its late '70s roots by emulating all of the distortion and tracking problems of old. That's not the only game that that could work with though, as this mock-trailer for Dark Souls III shows, complete …

While Mass Effect 4: Andromeda might not be coming out this year anymore, we do have a few more details about the game as someone appears to have broken their embargo and leaked a recent EA survey that shed some light on plot details for the game in an effort …

Just last week, in a move that pretty much nobody saw coming, Namco Bandai and Yorkshire Tea teamed up to offer a unique Dark Souls branded box of 80 tea bags with the game's logo printed on the side. This was a one-time one of a kind box but it …

The FBI has been trying to force Apple to do something it doesn't want to for the past few months and now the shoe is on the other foot. Following the FBI calling off its legal demands and announcing it had used a third party to break into the San …

For years, Valve got away with having lackluster customer support and a ‘no refund policy' on Steam, despite laws in certain parts of the world where Steam is available. However, some governing authorities began noticing and back in 2014, Australia's consumer watchdog took Valve to court over its lack of …

Call of Duty has gone through several changes over the years but the big focus right now appears to be on futuristic themes with Black Ops III and Advanced Warfare. However, this year's game from Infinity Ward could take things a step forward with a full blown Sci-Fi setting with …

Despite making claims for months that it required Apple's help to crack open the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, the FBI has now managed to get into it using a third party's help. Although it hasn't come forward to say how it was done, it has now …

The Oculus Rift officially launched today with the first pre-orderers finally receiving their units so, in order to ensure that buyers are getting the best experience they can on their gaming rigs, Nvidia and AMD have both released new driver updates today aimed to optimize the day one experience for …

This last week has been fairly hectic when it comes to Sony news. So far, we have had two reports claiming the existence of the PlayStation 4.5/PS4K, suggesting that Sony is planning a slightly beefed up version of its console with new 4K features. Now today, we have a third …

Hitman has been one of Square Enix's staple franchises over the years but this time around, they are handling Agent 47 a little differently. Rather than launching a full game, we are getting ‘episodes' which are due to be released on a monthly basis. However, this is also one of …

Grand Theft Auto is a series that has stood the test of time so far and has only managed to grow in popularity over the years. However, the series main games rarely venture outside of the US and now we know why, as it turns out that Rockstar was planning …

Last week, a report from Kotaku claimed that Sony was in fact working on a PS4 hardware refresh, currently dubbed as the PS4K or the PS4.5. This new console is said to pack in more power in the hope that 4K gaming might be possible. Now, a separate report from …

Although we might all soon build our own virtual arcades in virtual reality, it's been a long time since that was the way most of us enjoyed our games. We can channel that retro feel this weekend though, as the Atari Vault has just been released on Steam, bringing 100 …

It didn't take long for politicians to jump on the recent attacks in Brussels, as further evidence that the Theresa May driven Investigatory Powers Bill, more colloquially known as the Snooper's Charter, is needed. This despite many of the world's major tech firms claiming otherwise and now Apple has joined the likes …

Update: It turns out that the pictures that appeared online earlier this month of the rumoured Nintendo NX controller, have been confirmed as fakes by the person behind the posting. They even uploaded a video showing the creation of the 3D model used for the images and how they overlayed some of the …